New boxing rules set minimum pay and health protections for fighters.
S. 5188 — Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act of 2026 · Filed by Ted Cruz (R-TX) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jul 30, 2026 · Reported out
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What it does
The bill creates new rules for boxing organizations. Boxers must get at least $200 per round and health insurance. Organizations must have extra doctors at fights and test boxers for drugs. Organizations must stop unfair contracts. They must tell the government how they rank fighters. The rules start in 180 days.
Who it affects
Boxers get minimum pay, health insurance, and limits on contract length. Boxing organizations must follow new safety and money rules. Doctors and drug-testing companies will do more work.
One thing to notice
The bill creates two types of boxing organizations with different rules. Boxers in one system get protections that boxers in the other system may not get.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Jul 30, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jul 30, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation”
- Sep 16, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- health insurance — A plan that pays for medical care when someone gets sick or hurt.
- contract length — How long a boxer must work for a promoter under a signed agreement.
- test boxers for drugs — Check if boxers used banned drugs before or after a fight.
- rank fighters — List boxers in order from best to worst in their weight class.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (24,612 characters) on Aug 12, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,358 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-19.
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